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Opinion: Genesis Flybuys an ethical fail

ADVERTISING ETHICAL MARKETING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS SUSTAINABILITY

With over half their power generated from burning coal and gas, Genesis Energy’s new Fly Buys promotion is literally rewarding customers to accelerate climate change.  The more power Genesis customers use, the more Fly Buys points they earn. The redemption rate is quite low, at 1 point for each $50 spent on power, but it’s …

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Marketing sustainability without greenwash

GREEN MARKETING GREENWASH MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS MESSAGING

Define a brand that soars without getting burned In May 2017, Kath Dewar ran a members-only webinar for the Sustainable Business Network on how to define a brand that soars without getting burned. In the webinar she discussed the key steps to build your brand and the sustainability benefits in an inspiring and authentic way. Effective messages reach …

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The SBN’s 2016 conference #authenticbusiness

ETHICAL MARKETING GREEN MARKETING MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

A collection of our favourite quotes from presenters and participants at the Sustainable Business Network’s 2016 Conference, #authenticbusiness. “Human nature is wired to help us succeed in sustainability” Niki Harre “I post raw emotions when I’m climbing cos no one’s going to tell me to harden up!” Dave of @Sea2Summit7 talking about mental health, values …

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New World turn over new leaf in collectibles

CONSUMER TRENDS IN SUSTAINABILITY GREEN MARKETING MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS MESSAGING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

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Update: We have conducted a hands on review of New World’s Little Garden collectibles range – watch our short video to see why we rated their new range 3.5 stars out of a possible 5. Last August we were in the Dominion Post/Stuff critiquing the Little Shop sales promotion campaigns run by New World supermarkets. …

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International leadership on marketing sustainability

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GoodSense was recently invited to contribute content for the UK-based Chartered Institute of Marketing’s sustainability series. Both myself and Jo Patterson are Fellows of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and this provides an avenue to extend and promote our thought leadership in marketing, into an international forum. Here’s an at-a-glance summary with links to the full articles.

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Looking good – and doing the sales

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Our clients Energy TS – now CarbonEES – showcased their powerful software for reducing energy and CO2 at the new Facilities Integrate expo on 15th – 16th October. We loved helping the team show off the product with new messaging focussed on the target audience, a new display, video and sales collateral. “Thanks Kath, Caroline …

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Plastic collectibles

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Advertising to children turns a corner.

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Are pester power collectibles crossing the line?

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Image of child with New World Little Shop Collectibles

The resurgence of plastic collectables from supermarkets and other retailers is prompting further parental concern and raising issues about the ethics of ‘pester power’ – marketing through children. Dominion Post reporter, Jessy Edwards, interviewed GoodSense MD Kath Dewar in August 2015 for this piece on the latest wave of schemes and the issues they raise. …

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Make your marketing sing – Project NZ 2015

ADVERTISING CONSUMER TRENDS IN SUSTAINABILITY GREEN MARKETING GREENWASH MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS MESSAGING

GoodSense marketing workshop Project NZ 2015

Make your sustainability story sing with GoodSense advice

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